The bar chart illustrates the number of pupils studied in a single class in primary and lower secondary schools in 6 different countries and compares these figures with the world average.
Overall it is clear that the world average number of pupils per class in lower secondary school was higher than primary school. In addition, Asian countries (South Korea and Japan) had a higher number of students in classrooms compared to the world average size, whereas the UK, Mexico, Denmark and Iceland exhibited lower figures than the world standards.
In South Korea and Japan the number of students was higher as opposed to the world average classroom size (25 pupils for primary and around 28 for lower secondary classes. In South Korea, in both school levels the quantity of students per class was 34 and 35 respectively, while the figures for Japan were 29 and 34 accordingly.
The UK, Mexico, Denmark and Iceland had smaller school classes compared to the world average classroom size. The UK had larger primary school classes with 26 pupils, and smaller lower secondary classes with 17 students than world standards, while the reverse was true for Mexico with 20 students for primary school classes and 30 for lower secondary. In terms of the average classroom size in Denmark and Iceland, the number of students in a primary school class was 24 and 22 respectively, and for secondary school the figures showed 22 and 20 accordingly.